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Mathematicians Discover Prime Conspiracy
Quanta Magazine ^ | 13 Mar, 2016 | Erica Klarreich

Posted on 03/14/2016 5:28:27 PM PDT by MtnClimber

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1 posted on 03/14/2016 5:28:27 PM PDT by MtnClimber
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Who didn’t know that?

Obvious to the most casual observer. sheesh


2 posted on 03/14/2016 5:30:15 PM PDT by TexasTransplant (Idiocracy used to just be a Movie... Live every day as your last...one day you will be right)
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To: MtnClimber

Surprising this was not found sooner.


3 posted on 03/14/2016 5:30:20 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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Prime Numbers are sentient beings too! They have preferences, you know.


4 posted on 03/14/2016 5:30:39 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion (BREAKING.... Vulgarian Resistance begins attack on the GOPe Death Star.....)
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To: MtnClimber

66Mhz Pentium FDIV flaw, I suggest.


5 posted on 03/14/2016 5:31:15 PM PDT by The KG9 Kid
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I would like to open a store selling prime numbers. Customers would of course have to have exact change.


6 posted on 03/14/2016 5:31:52 PM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder (I apologize for not apologizing.)
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Dang it. I should have persevered instead of assuming there was something wrong with my slide rule.


7 posted on 03/14/2016 5:33:38 PM PDT by sparklite2 ( "The white man is the Jew of Liberal Fascism." -Jonah Goldberg)
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To: TexasTransplant

I mentioned to someone just last week, “Have you ever noticed that among the first billion prime numbers, a prime ending in 9 is almost 65 percent more likely to be followed by a prime ending in 1 than another prime ending in 9?”


8 posted on 03/14/2016 5:34:38 PM PDT by Bubba_Leroy (The Obamanation Continues)
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To: MtnClimber

Remember, bet on 1.


9 posted on 03/14/2016 5:34:59 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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Prime numbers are ultra important for cyber security. They are not a joke.


10 posted on 03/14/2016 5:35:42 PM PDT by Hostage (ARTICLE V)
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I was going to mention this back in 5th grade, but no one seemed interested.


11 posted on 03/14/2016 5:35:48 PM PDT by IncPen (Hey Media: Bias = Layoffs)
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12 posted on 03/14/2016 5:37:06 PM PDT by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING ’VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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“Have you ever noticed that among the first billion prime numbers, a prime ending in 9 is almost 65 percent more likely to be followed by a prime ending in 1 than another prime ending in 9?”


13 posted on 03/14/2016 5:37:54 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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'What is the first prime number larger than the 17th root of 9,000,355,126,606?'

14 posted on 03/14/2016 5:41:09 PM PDT by Ken H
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15 posted on 03/14/2016 5:43:15 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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I read Free Republic for posts like this. Really. Unremitting politics makes a thin gruel.


16 posted on 03/14/2016 5:44:16 PM PDT by TexasKamaAina
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To: Ken H

Seven of course.


17 posted on 03/14/2016 5:44:48 PM PDT by Pollster1 ("A Bill of Rights that means what the majority wants it to meand over an is worthless." - Scalia)
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Wow, the final results of a $20 billion dollar grant .... color me impressed!


18 posted on 03/14/2016 5:50:15 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (Lower than Whale feces - Benghazi Clinton lying to the mothers of the murdered State Dept. employees)
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19 posted on 03/14/2016 5:51:27 PM PDT by LonePalm (Commander and Chef)
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Can’t wait for them to discover that 1 and only 1 even numbered prime number exists.


20 posted on 03/14/2016 5:51:44 PM PDT by Fhios (Going Donald Trump is as close to going John Galt as we'll get.)
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